How to center a textview inside a linearlayout

Question

I have the following layout i'd like to make the textview appear in the center and middle of the view. How can i acheive this?

I've tried adjusting the various gravity attributes when looking at the layout in graphical view, but nothing seems to change it. I'd like the textview in the center which i've done but halfway down the view.

thanks matt.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:background="@drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >



    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textviewdatefornocallspage"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="You have no calls for "
        android:textSize="25sp" />

</LinearLayout>

Houcine · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-20T14:25:00.340

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set the gravity to center in your linearLayout tag :

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
     android:gravity="center"
    android:background="@drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >

or use a RelativeLayout like this :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >



    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textviewdatefornocallspage"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:text="You have no calls for "
        android:textSize="25sp" />

</RelativeLayout>

edited Nov 20 '12 at 14:25

answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:13

Houcine

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The RelativeLayout solution worked for me, but in the TextView I had to use `wrap_content` for both width and height – Jose_GD May 08 '14 at 20:57
@Jose_GD : in both of cases it will work for you :). in the case of using the attribute `match_parent` for width, just add the `layout_gravity="center"` . That's all ;) – Houcine May 08 '14 at 21:11
Doesn't work for me if I set the width to `match_parent` even after adding `layout_gravity="center"` – gegobyte Sep 13 '18 at 18:58
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it's ‘android:gravity‘ not layout_gravity . the height should be match_parent too . – Houcine Sep 14 '18 at 17:00

score 14 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Try this

simple i have tried to many answer but all answers are not working ......finally this methods works for me

                     <LinearLayout
                        android:layout_below="@+id/iv_divider"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:orientation="vertical"
                        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_10dp">
                        <TextView
                            android:layout_width="match_parent"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                            android:text="@string/mycredits"
                            android:textColor="@color/colorGray"
                            android:gravity="center"
                            android:textSize="@dimen/_25dp" />
                    </LinearLayout>

This should be the answer – Mohammed Riyadh Apr 26 '20 at 18:03 — Mohammed Riyadh, Apr 26 '20 at 18:03

score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 27 '19 at 13:06

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Set android:gravity="center" attribute for TextView inside linear layout and keep the text view's height and width as wrap_content.

This Solution worked for me.

edited Nov 27 '19 at 13:06

Community

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answered Jun 09 '16 at 06:47

Apoorv Singh

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:15

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    <TextView
...
    android:layout_gravity="center"
....
/>

answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:15

prozhyga

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score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 02 '20 at 13:45

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Set width of your textview to wrap_content, and set your LinearLayout to

android:gravity="center_horizontal"

edited Mar 02 '20 at 13:45

Mohammad Kholghi

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answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:13

Hardik Nadiyapara

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:10

Add android:gravity="center_horizontal" to your LinearLayout and alter your TextView's layout_width as android:layout_width="wrap_content"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:background="@drawable/carefreebgscaledalphajpg" >



    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textviewdatefornocallspage"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="You have no calls for "
        android:textSize="25sp" />

</LinearLayout>

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 19 '19 at 22:31

None of the other answers worked for me. I had to use android:textAlignment="center"

My layouts were as follows

<LinearLayout...
    <RelativeLayout...
        <RelativeLayout....
            <TextView
                android:layout_centerInParent="true"
                android:textAlignment="center"

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 15 '23 at 10:50

 <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/service_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/card_view"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="@color/app_bar_background"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/list_title"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:text="@string/Services"
            android:textColor="@color/app_bar_text"
         />
    </LinearLayout>

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:17

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If in linearlayout your orientation vertical, you can put the textview in the "horizontal center" by android:layout_gravity="center". For centering textview vertically you need to set layout_height of textview to match_parent and set android:gravity to "center". If you want to use more than one view in this layout, you should use RelativeLayout and set android:layout_centerInParent="true".

answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:17

jumper0k

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Thanks, here worked by setting both height and weight to center – JúlioCézar Mar 21 '19 at 18:21

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:14

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Sounds like you want android:layout_gravity for the TextView

see docs: developer.android.com

answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:14

MrChaz

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 17 '18 at 09:48

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set android:gravity="center" in your Linear Layout

answered Jul 17 '18 at 09:48

Himanshu itmca

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 17 '21 at 12:25

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".view.fragments.FragmentAncRecords">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tvNoDataFound"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:fontFamily="@font/poppins_regular"
        android:visibility="visible"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="@string/no_record_available"
        />

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/rvAncRecords"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:visibility="gone"
        app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager" />



</LinearLayout>

Can you [edit] your answer to precise wy this should fix the issue ? — Elikill58, Nov 18 '21 at 13:55

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jan 02 '22 at 07:09

center your texteView in RelativeLayout :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    />

</RelativeLayout>

score -1 · Answer 14 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:22

Use Relative Layout, it always gives more accurate and flexible layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/imageView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />
</RelativeLayout>

How to center a textview inside a linearlayout

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